Collaborate Work and its benefits

Nowadays, with the development of technologies, teachers are using more digital tools, such as web sites, social networks and videos, inside their classes. Those tools are part of an educational approach that is called Collaborative Work. This process encourages students to help each other, inside and outside the classroom and it has shown itself to be
very effective. Although it isn't a new method, it has been more used during the last years.
With Collaborative Work, the students produce, analyse and correct written work, training heir writing and reading skills.
Reading somebody else's work makes it easier to find mistakes in your own text. Reading also helps building student's vocabulary, improving their writing skills and also allowing them to share their knowledge. Those learning experiences are not possible when the teacher is the center of the class. The collaborative method is based on a different idea, it places the student in the center.
As mentioned before, digital tools are part of the Collaborative Work. As many classes have a short period of duration, working online makes it possible to learn more even when you are at home. Many tools can be used for Collaborative Work, but the one that is being very useful by the teachers nowadays is the Wikispace because it allows the student to share and edit texts online, uploading big files and sending messages to partners, it all in one site. Different from blogs, which doesn't provide many tools, and are also used to entertainment, it has the focus in the academic process.
It is important to emphasize that in order to have a successful learning, all the students must be part of the project as one. If the student writes just his topic, he won't learn the whole content, neither their colleagues. This problem occurs very often once the students prefer to split the work to make it easier, but they forget about learning and discussing.
Collaborative Work is very useful in those rushing time that we are living, everyday more tools are being created and improved. For that reason, teachers must open their minds to a new way of teaching, stopping being the center of the class and giving space for their students to not just learn but teach.


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Collaborate Work and its benefits

Nowadays, with the development of technologies, teachers are using more digital tools, such as web sites, social networks and videos, inside their classes.The use of these tools is often connected to the Collaborative approach.Those tools are part of an educational approach that is called Collaborative Work. This process -> educational methodology encourages students to help each other, inside and outside the classroom and it has shown itself to be very effective. Although it isn't a new method (complement), it has been more used during the last years.The aim of this essay is to put forward/analyse the advantages of using the CA in writing classes, such asWith Collaborative Work, the students produce, analyse and correct written work, training heir writing and reading skills.
The advantages of collaborative work in writing classes: mastering technological tools, students work together, improvements based on peer editing and teacher's feedback.


(3) -> Peer editing and teacher's feedback - Reading somebody else's work makes it easier to find mistakes in your own text. Reading also helps building student's vocabulary, improving their writing skills and also allowing them to share their knowledge. Those learning experiences are not possible when the teacher is the center of the class. The collaborative method is based on a different idea, it places the student in the center.

(1) As mentioned before, digital tools are part of the Collaborative Work. As many classes have a short period of duration, working online makes it possible to learn more even when you are at home. Many tools can be used for Collaborative Work, but the one that is being very useful by the teachers nowadays is the Wikispace because it allows the student to share and edit texts online, uploading big files and sending messages to partners, it all in one site. Different from blogs, which doesn't provide many tools, and are also used to entertainment, it has the focus in the academic process.
(2) Students are motivated to work together, this will enhance their learning experience. - It is important to emphasize that in order to have a successful learning, all the students must be part of the project as one. If the student writes just his topic, he won't learn the whole content, neither their colleagues. This problem occurs very often once the students prefer to split the work to make it easier, but they forget about learning and discussing.

Collaborative Work is very useful in those rushing time that we are living, everyday more tools are being created and improved. For that reason, teachers must open their minds to a new way of teaching, stopping being the center of the class and giving space for their students to not just learn but teach.
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Collaborate Work and its benefits


Nowadays, with the development of technologies, teachers are using more digital tools, such as web sites, social networks and videos, inside their classes. The use of these tools is often connected to the Collaborative approach. This educational methodology encourages students to help each other, inside and outside the classroom and it has shown itself to be very effective. Although it is not a new method, it started to be discussed in the beggining of the last century, it has been more used during the last years. The aim of this essay is to analyse the advantages of using the C.A in writing classes, such as how the students produce, analyse and correct written work, training heir writing and reading skills. As mentioned before, digital tools are part of the Collaborative Work. As many classes have a short period of duration, working online makes it possible to learn more even when you are at home. Many tools can be used for Collaborative Work, but the one that is being very useful by the teachers nowadays is the Wikispace because it allows the student to share and edit texts online, uploading big files and sending messages to partners, it all in one site. Different from blogs, which does not provide many tools, and are also used to entertainment, it has the focus in the academic process.

It is important to emphasize that in order to have a successful learning, all the students must be part of the project as one. If the student writes just his topic, he won't learn the whole content, neither their colleagues. This problem occurs very often once the students prefer to split the work to make it easier, but they forget about learning and discussing. The teacher must be regularly checking if his students are sharing their own in fomation with themselves.
Reading somebody else's work makes it easier to find mistakes in your own text. Reading also helps building student's vocabulary, improving their writing skills and also allowing them to share their knowledge. Those learning experiences are not possible when the teacher is the center of the class. The collaborative method is based on a different idea, it places the student in the center. Collaborative Work is very useful in those rushing time that we are living, everyday more tools are being created and improved. For that reason, teachers must open their minds to a new way of teaching, stopping being the center of the class and giving space for their students to not just learn but teach. Using this methodology the teacher will help his students in their writting and reading skills in an easier and more effective way.